The Brute-iful Game - Match Report added!

[Thantsants]

Morning all - I thought I'd posted pics of the Dark Elf Blood Bowl team I painted up recently but can't seem to find any evidence of it!

Anyhow, my good mate Ollie challenged me a while back to a game against his Human team, The Golden Boars.

Here's the Pre-Match hype (although we did get pretty much all of the first half played last night!



The Big Game is almost upon us...



Forget the Europa Football league (Big girlies that lot!)



Two titans of the deranged world of Blood Bowl stand poised to clash in an epic struggle this evening.

Vile and depraved - the Wasteland Wanderers, Naggarond's finest hope to seize the day... and as many body parts of the opposition as trophies!



Standing against them are the Golden Boars, shining examples of the thuggery and brutishness so beloved of the fans.



Rumour has it that the services of Star Players, Griff Oberwald and the Mighty Zug have been secured by the Boars.

Not content to be outdone the Wanderers have hired the feared Assassin, Harkon Heartripper (left) and Star Player, Hubris Rakarth (right).



So the scene is set but the die yet to be cast. Who will win? Who will survive? Who will be able to eat an entire Big Moot Sandwich?

I'm not going to give any half time scores away as we have a load of notes and pictures to to sort out and get a match report sorted somehow between us.



Suffice to say, however, blood has been spilled, rocks and abuse hurled and much beer consumed!

[DeafNala]

The Guys, Gals, & Whatever look SPECTACULAR! While I've never played or even seen the game played myself, the minis have a lot of appeal to moi. GREAT WORK!

[Damien]

Really nice work there! I like the use of the 'Mighty Fortress' as stands for the stadium, a lot of great painting there, my favourites are the golden boars though.


Very nice,
 Damien

[Thantsants]

Cheers fellas - got the game finished the other night. What a nailbiter!

Hope to have a write-up in the next week or so...

[Darren]

Very cool - nice to see the 2nd ed. Dark Elves in use too.

[Mason]

Great stuff, mate.
Nice touch with the stadium.
 

Harkon Heartripper is my favourite.
Much better than that third edition one that looked like a Scooby Doo villain!
 

[Thantsants]

Cheers Darren - I do have a third ed. Dark Elf team but they're just not as characterful as these old boys!

Thanks Mason - happened to see a pic somewhere else of someone who'd done the same.

Scooby Doo villain - that sounds about right!

Never understood why you would advertise your trade like that if you were an assassin 

[Thantsants]

Welcome to the local Derby between the Golden Boars and the Wasteland Wanderers.



There is certainly no love lost between theses two teams, both renowned for their brutality and sneaky tactics.



The crowd seems well lubricated in hot Squigs and Fungal beer. Today promises to be a deadly match with a great deal of gratuitous violence!!!!

Kick off
 
And the WW have won the toss; kick off to the WW then!



What’s this? Awwww a straight rock to the face of one of the WW Blizters, certainly a home crowd advantage for the GB.


 
Opening play - GB moving on the Left Flank, and it’s a clean pick up.


 


 In the centre of the pitch the Mighty Zug is pounding a WW lineman into the ground like a Nail.



Griff storms down the right wing...

 

Awww, a GB lineman is Knocked down!
 
Turn over
 
Play 2
 
Even more GB players are knocked down, but lucky for some no further injuries.


 
Big play by Hubris Rakarth - BIG hit on Zug, felling the giant of a man.
 


 The rest of the Wanderers form a defensive line...

Play 3
 
GB Catcher runs with the ball with a quick handover to a lineman, could this be a touch down ladys, Orcs, Dwarfs, Humans, Elves, etc etc? Still no WW defenders in sight - Quick pass, awwwww, FUMBLE! That’s one for the Wooden Spoon award.



Turn over to the WW


 
Play 4
 
WW close in onto the fumble, BIG HIT by Hubris yet again, GB lineman sleeping after that one.



 Star player Griff Oberwald is certainly earning his pay in that ruck.



 GB Blitzer pounds WW linemen but no running play.



Turnover!
 
Play 5


 
Ball free GB pick up? Nope smashed in his tracks!


 
Play 6
 
GB Blitz, no one cares for the ball, HUGE pitch fight, GB doing well!



GB Blitz left flank, big blocks but no substance! Must be their Sparkling Armour!
 
Play 7
 


WW CAGE AROUND THE BALL. Old school sneaky tactics - very reflective of Dark Elves.



Harkon picks up the ball, GB block but - Oh NO Griff Oberwald is taken down. Not looking good for the GB…


 
Play 8
 
Let’s get ready to FUMBLE! Pitch fight!!!







Half time-

What’s this a half time streaker? URRRRRGH!!!! Nothing quite as off putting as an OGRE lady in a thong!



Apologies sports fans, once she has stopped crushing people, she will by led away.
 
Play 1
 
And it’s the second half - kick off to the GB’s. The WW’s receive the ball and begin to form a sneaky CAGE around the ball yet again.



Zug parries but is hit and knocked down. A WW lineman doesn't fare so well! They're a man down now!



Play 2
 
The WW move the loose CAGE and the ball in a sideways left to right pitch movement.



Plenty of blocks as well...





 Awwwww two GB players are injured! It’s not looking good for the GB’s, ladies and gentle orks!


 
Play 3
 
GB stun two WW players but fail again to make any impact (weak humans!).


 
Play 4
 
Some foul play here everyone - it appears Harkon has attempted to STAB to death Griff Oberwald. Like a true pro, Griff has merely punched the cheeky Elf in the baby maker (problem solved).



 Yet another pitch fight on the right flank, boy this game is heated.


 
Play 5
 
Yet more fighting, Yawnnnn!!!!!!






 
Oh my Chaos GODS, the WW have broke the line……



The Boars give chase...



But to no avail...



...TOUCH DOWN!!!!!! The crowd goes so wild people are being torn to pieces everywhere!!!!!
 
Play 6
 
Its end game for the GB’s. The GB’s have CAGED the ball and are moving down field.



Again the Mighty Zug has been knocked down, I fear the transfer window may well open on the big fella again this year.



Play 7
 
The CAGE is moving down the left hand side of the field…



…..Griff Oberwald! By Nuffle! He’s AWAY…….



Play 8
 
WW defence is left stunned no one is close to him.



LONG BOMB from the CAGE…


 
…TOUCH DOWN
 


THE CROWD INVADES THE PITCH KILLING A NUMBER OF PLAYERS ON BOTH SIDES!!!!!
 
Well ladies and gentle Orks what a fantastic draw between two very fearsome and talented individuals!

Thanks to Ollie for the commentary - I think I got the pics in the right order!

Well we certainly had a blast with our first game of Blood Bowl. We used the 3rd ed Rules on the 2nd ed pitch which seemed to work ok. The game was played over two evenings - probably could have been quicker without my sieve-like memory necessitating much flicking through the rule book!

Highlights of the game - for me!

Keeping the "Mighty" Zug on the floor for a large part of the match!

Taking possession of the ball in the Boars' half.

A textbook running play, ending in a touchdown for the Wanderers - shame it wasn 't later in the half so as to deny the Boars a chance to make a come back!

The Golden Boars' amazing equaliser in the final turn! Lets just say there were quite a lot of dice rolls made to evade tackle zones, Oberwald's Going for it rolls, not to mention the Long Bomb - all successful, which was a good job as the Boars had run out of re-rolls by then. A truly exciting end to the game!

[DeafNala]

Now that is one COOL LOOKING game & report. GREAT STUFF!
I'd be more expansive, but I'm still working on my first cup of coffee.